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Posted by Herb S. on April 1, 2003 22:01:01 UTC

I think you misunderstand what is going on. We, the solar system, our galaxy, other galaxies are NOT expanding. The expansion is that of the distances between galaxies.

It is much easier to develop a theoretical explanation (there is one) of why galaxies are separating, as opposed to everything shrinking.

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Easy is not always correct. - duordi - April 2, 2003 - 02:46 UTC
- Expansion may be misinterpretation - jetty - April 2, 2003 - 17:23 UTC
  - Red, blue or shift-less. - duordi - April 2, 2003 - 18:43 UTC
    - Entire universe - jetty - April 3, 2003 - 15:50 UTC
      - Thanks for the tip. - duordi - April 4, 2003 - 04:24 UTC

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